Keith Crandall
Director - Computational Biology Institute
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolKeith Crandall is the founding Director of the Computational Biology Institute at George Washington University and a professor whose work bridges evolutionary biology, infectious disease genomics, and computational methods. He has authored over 200 papers and three books—including The Evolution of HIV—and was named a Highly Cited researcher, placing him among the top 0.5% of publishing scholars. His research spans HIV evolution, bacterial genome dynamics, and the biogeography of freshwater crayfish, reflecting a rare blend of molecular, statistical, and ecological perspectives. A former Fulbright Scholar at Oxford and recipient of the Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award and AAAS fellowship, he pairs deep academic honors with sustained institutional leadership. Trained in mathematics, statistics, and biomedical sciences, Crandall applies rigorous quantitative frameworks to complex biological problems and has spent a decade building computational biology capacity across GWU campuses. An understated thread in his career is consistent cross-disciplinary mentoring and department-building that transformed academic programs into research engines.
10 years of coding experience
BA, Biology and Mathematics, BA, Biology and Mathematics at Kalamazoo CollegeMA, Statistics, MA, Statistics at Washington University in St. LouisPhD, Biology and Biomedical Sciences, PhD, Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Spanish
Github Skills (11)
infectious-diseases8
bacteria8
sequencing7
bioinformatics6
genomics6
ott2
genetics1
assembly1
api1
population-genetics1
taxonomy1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gwcbi/ResearchAnalyticsLabs
Mar 2018 - Jul 2022
Contributions:52 commits, 51 pushes in 4 years 4 months
gwcbi/ResearchAnalytics
Nov 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:80 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 5 months
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